Lippincott Williams and Wilkins' Pocket Guide for Medical Assisting

290 Pages·2012·6.115 MB·English

by  Kronenberger, Judy;Durham, Laura Southard;Woodson, Denise

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’
POCKET GUIDE

FOR
Medical Assisting
Fourth Edition
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’
POCKET GUIDE

FOR
Medical Assisting
Fourth Edition
Judy Kronenberger, RN, CMA, MEd
Associate Professor, Medical Assistant Technology
Sinclair Community College
Dayton, Ohio
Laura Southard Durham, BS, CMA
Medical Assisting Technologies Program Coordinator (Retired)
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Denise Woodson, MA, MT(ASCP)SC
Academic Coordinator
Health Professions and Nursing
Smarthinking, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
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Product Manager: John Larkin Compositor: SPi Global
Marketing Manager: Shauna Kelley
Fourth Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kronenberger, Judy.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins pocket guide for medical assisting / Judy Kronenberger, Laura Southard
Durham, Denise Woodson. — 4th ed.
p. ; cm.
Pocket guide for medical assisting
Abridged version of: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’ comprehensive medical assisting / Judy Kronenberger.
4th ed. c2011.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4511-2037-0
I. Durham, Laura Southard. II. Woodson, Denise. III. Kronenberger, Judy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’
comprehensive medical assisting. IV. Title. V. Title: Pocket guide for medical assisting.
[DNLM: 1. Physician Assistants—Handbooks. 2. Clinical Medicine—methods—Handbooks. 3. Medical
Secretaries—Handbooks. 4. Practice Management, Medical—Handbooks. W 49]
610.73’72069—dc23
2011041497
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Preface
L
ippincott Williams & Wilkins’ Pocket Guide for Medical
Assisting provides the essential information you need to make
the transition from the classroom to the clinic as smooth and as
stress-free as possible. The new streamlined, quick-reference format
allows you to easily find key information to carry out clinical, ad-
ministrative, and laboratory duties.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’ Pocket Guide for Medical
Assisting is organized into eight tabs:
1. Administrative Procedures
2. Clinical Procedures
3. Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
4. Medication Administration
5. Surgical Procedures
6. Specialty Procedures
7. Emergency Procedures
8. Tools
Each tab is color-coded so you can clearly identify sections.
Special features include “Warning” boxes, which describe situa-
tions that may pose an increased risk to you or your patient, and
“Charting Examples” that present realistic samples of the informa-
tion required for legal documentation.
Icons reminding you to follow Standard Precautions appear after
the equipment list for each procedure and may include handwash-
ing, gloving, personal protective equipment (PPE), or sharps and
biohazard containers. Line drawings and photographs clarify key
steps and visually enhance the procedures.
Vital reference material includes commonly prescribed medica-
tions, normal lab values, pain assessment tools, HIPAA r esources,
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key English-to-Spanish health care phrases, a basic medical
terminology refresher, commonly used abbreviations, Celsius-
Fahrenheit conversions, metric equivalents, and more.
We hope you will use this compact, durable guide to perform
with confidence in the administrative, clinical, and laboratory set-
tings.
Judy Kronenberger
Laura Southard Durham
Denise Woodson
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Icons Guide
Handwashing
Gloves
Biohazardous
PPE
Sharps
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Reviewers
Diana Alagna, RN
Medical Assistant Program Director
Medical Assisting Department
Branford Hall Career Institute
Southington, CT
Delena Austin, BTIS, CMA
Medical Assisting Program Coordinator
Health and Human Services Department
Macomb Community College
ClintonTownship, MI
Cheryl Charest
Medical Assistant, CET, Student Services
Coordinator
Medial Assistant Program
Premier Education Group
Manchester, NH
Anne Gailey, CMA (AAMA)
Medical Assisting Instructor
Medical Assisting Program
Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro, GA
Marta Lopez, LM, CPM, RMA, BS
Program Coordinator/Faculty
Medical Assisting Department
Miami Dade College-Medical
Miami, FL
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